Ice cream dieing out machine



March 8, 1932. M. G. HARNDEN ICE CREAM DIEING OUT MACHINE Filed Spt. 3, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 I INVENTQR Aid/am 6. flank/en ATTORNEY March a, 1932. M G, HARNDEN 1,848,256

ICE CREAM DIEING OUT MACHINE Filed Sept. 5, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 M ATTORNEY March 8, 1932. M. ca. HARNDEN ICE CREAM DIEiING OUT MACHINE- s Sheets-She et s Filed Sept. 3, 1929 lN\ IENTOR A////dr/ 6. flax/20% ATTO NEY Patented Mar. 8,1932

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' 7 Application 1611 Sefite'mher My invention relatesto a machine fordie ingfout -'ic"e crean1 into shapes resembling fruits, flowers, "animals, and etc.', 'b'y meansof two dies operatedin-conjunction with an endf less feeder chain";*and*the ob ects of my 1nvention-are, first, to'produ'ce ice cream of variousshapes and fo'r'ms with less labor-than Figure -1" is {a top planvie'w of the entire machine, Figure machine. I V

ure 3 is across section-through the machine'on line'SE-Kdf Figure l showing the 2 is a see wer means for holding the ice cream, with iparts V Figure5 isa section-through a dipping v'at Figure 6 is acrossv section on line of Figure 1. with parts; omitted, showlng a de viceffor kicking ice cream off of Figure? 'isa' detail showing one of the dies i pa r k aw Figure 8 -s a detail showing t an alternate arrangement of the dies withknives attached thereto." I I 7 Similarfnumerals refer to similar parts throughout the several'views;

The framework 1, and the several iegsz,

constitutethe main "body of the machine.

] By means :of suitable ,powerfand belts "a I rotating motion is give'mto the drive shaft 3, which by means of worm gears 4;, rotate tionary,

crankpin' 12, carrying a reciprocating pz'twl 13, which; contacts andca'uses the matchet wheelie; fastened on the shaft I5, to'rotat'e intermittently. The sprocket wheel 16, attachedon the-shaft I the endless chain 17 and through the action ofthe pawl 13, and ratchet wheel 14, and connecting parts cause's the chain 17 t travel intermittently, the whole leeing so timed so the-chain 17, will bestan dingiidleat thetime the dies 8, "8,'are closing. The "chainfl is held contact with thesprocket -wheel"-I6, by theidlers 18, 1'8; sprocket wheels-19 19, are idlerson which the chain 1-7, rides.

The crankshaft 5 by-mean's of the sp'roeket wheels'20 20, and chain 2l,-'transmitsa r0 tatinginotionto sha'ft22, whichhas' a crank pin 23, on'th'eopposite encl frointhe -sprocket Whel'Q'O. 011 crankpin 23,is attached the-reciprO'catingmemberQ L'{termedhereafter the 7 t -kicker,) which kicks the molded ice cream ofii' of the hooks onto an endless belt 30, The kicker 24,-isguided by the hangin ar-111 25. By -means of the sprocket whee s "26%26 and chain '27, a rotating inotion is -trans- 1n'itt'ed="to the shaft 28, which in turn rotates the pulley 29, on which rides the; endless 'blt 30; said'endlessb'e'lt carries the molded ite 1 cream to; those who pack it a'sit is kicked off from the hooks by -the kickef-Qfh The -3 pa'rts giving 'motionito' the kicker 24 areso tim d with th e whole that the kicker kicks the molded ice/creamv ofi'the hooks'o'it'the endless'cha-in '17"at-t he time said chain is staw The=enfdless chain 17,- diflersfromnrdinary 5 "chains in that one side of "clesired li'nk s has two projections hetweenxwhich is hilng*'a hook asfil'n hsee FigureSTaIidEF) j H The hooks o'f the' endlesschain are lifted to by the track 32, Fi'gures 2 and 3, asthey-start forward and due to a gradual rise. of thetrack "32,-far'e forcecj'iiito the ice c'ream strips 33 as shown, Fig. 3. Thustlie icet'c'ream is-l'carri'ed 'forward' intermittently asithe endless seeder "c 'c'h'ain'IT moves mats ramaomatieany'tb *the dies Parts 342 35 are "adjustame for various siieclsti" "sfoficefcrearii'; i -tflshew cth fi1 8ia mple l their ferwaramttitnshowingthe manner in 9 15, is the drive wheel for f ooks reach this section of porting said hooks,

.taining openings therein,

which the ice cream is died out allowing a hook from the endless chain to remain imbedded.

Fig. 8 shows an optional construction for the dies with the addition of adjustable knives, 36, and air vents 37.

Underneath the'dies Fig. 2, is a funnel 38, for the waste cream to drop through.

Fig. 5 shows the preferred construction of a dipping vat 40, with steam pipes, which may be used in putting a coating on the molded ice cream if so desired.

The track 32, which guides the hooks of the endless chain is given. a half circular deression over the dipping vat, thus as the ii the track, gravity causes them to assume a position, for ashort distance, of anangle below the horizontal. While in this position molded ice cream on the hooks is immersed in the contents of the vat.

Fig. 6 showsthe preferred method of construction for the kicker which kicks the molded ice cream off of the hooks. The tracks 32 33, are shaped to guide and hold the hooks as shown in Fig. 6, at the time the kicker moves forward. a

Fig. 7 shows thepreferred method of construction forthe dies with the insides hollow and withtubing connected so that a refrigerant may be used to control their temperature.

I am aware that prior to my invention, ice cream has been cut, shaped, stamped, molded and coated,in various ways by machinery. I therefore do not claim a combination broadly;butI claim 1 1. In a stamping machine of the character described, reciprocating dies, means for operating the dies, means for feeding a strip of material to the dies, hooks extending upward between the dies and into the said material, means for moving the hooks intermittently and .with the motion thereof cooperating with the movement of the dies, a track supsaid track sloping downward from the dies conveying the hooks downward after leaving the dies, and means for removing objects stamped. around the hooks by the dies with the hooks in the downward position after leaving the dies. a 2. In a stamping andcoatingmachine of the character described, suitable dies, means 7 for operating the dies, means for intermittently feedingmaterial to the dies, prongs on the. said feeding means for supporting the material as it is fed to the dies and for conveying objects stamped from the material from the dies, said dies having fluid conmeans for supplying fluid to the openings in the dies for controlling the temperature thereof, means conveying said objects downward into a coating vat after leaving the dies, and means for removing the said objects.

3. In an icecream forming machine of the adjacent the said chain, said objects downward character described, an endless feeder chain, means for moving the chain with an intermittent motion, means for holding a. plastic material in a position parallel to the said chain, means on the said chain for engaging and holding the said plastic material at a plurality of points, means for shaping the saidplastic material into individual objects around each of the said holding means, a vat means conveying the into the said vat and upward from the said vat to their normal positions, other'means for conveying the said objects downward, and means for removing the said objects fromthe said chain holding means. f. I

v 4. In a forlning machine of the character described, a continuous chain, means formoving the chain with an intermittent motion, prongs extending fromthe said chain and pivotally. attached thereto, means for raising and lowering the said prongs, means for supplying a material to a point adjacent the said chain, suitable dies for stamping. the said material into shapes around the said prongs, said dies having openings in the backs thereof to relieve the vacuum as the dies recede from the said shapes, said prongs being adaptable to convey the saidshapes from the said dies, and means for removing the said shapes from the said prongs.

- 5. In a forming machine of the character described, a plurality of prongs, means for moving the prongs withan intermittent motion, means for holding a material so that it will be engaged by the prongs, means for stamping thematerial into shapes upon the prongs, means for relieving the vacuum in the backs of the said stamping means as they move away from the saidshapes, a suitable vat, means for moving the prongsto dip the said objects intothe'said' vat, and means for removing the said objects from the, said prongs. I

6. In a formingmachine of the type having reciprocating dies withmaterial fed to they dies by an endless chain having an intermittent motion coordinated with the movement of the dies, prongs on the chain supporting said materialbefore itreaches the MILLARD GEORGE HARNDEN. 

